SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492015-08-02T14:35:34-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsCustomer #28988 on ROB-09106 - Qik Dual Serial Motor ControllerCustomer #28988urn:uuid:f29a753f-01dd-dd79-6e92-d13b5d746bc42014-07-18T11:06:47-06:00<p>Does anyone know if it&rsquo;s possible to hook up both channels to one motor to enable max 2.0 amps continuous? I&rsquo;m guessing no but I can&rsquo;t find a specific answer in the documentation.</p>Ben9 on ROB-09106 - Qik Dual Serial Motor ControllerBen9urn:uuid:70794be0-c54e-69c5-1f1a-447b79ead2ed2011-11-01T16:17:48-06:00<p>Do you mean &ldquo;brushed&rdquo; DC motor? The qik does not have built-in support for encoder feedback, so you would need to connect the encoder outputs to your Arduino and use it to close your feedback loop.</p>chrisallick on ROB-09106 - Qik Dual Serial Motor Controllerchrisallickurn:uuid:78956c52-836b-42e2-7510-05250713defc2011-10-28T09:07:39-06:00<p>question, if i am using a brushless dc motor with encoder on it, do you hook up the encoder wires to this module? or to the arduino?</p>Ben9 on ROB-09106 - Qik Dual Serial Motor ControllerBen9urn:uuid:957d776b-9b67-0a8e-4e43-8359b4587a892011-05-18T12:59:26-06:00<p>Unless it&rsquo;s a tiny motor, you should not be using the Arduino&rsquo;s regulated voltage to power it, and even if it is a tiny motor, you&rsquo;re potentially introducing quite a bit of noise onto the regulated power rail with the motor, which could cause all sorts of problems. I suggest you use a separate power source (the power source for your Arduino might work, depending on your motors).</p>augspark on ROB-09106 - Qik Dual Serial Motor Controlleraugsparkurn:uuid:54809de2-4531-bba4-4461-235d6d4193622011-04-14T08:23:39-06:00<p>Does anyone know if it is possible to power this from the Arduino alone? Using the 5V for the motors, and the 3.3V for the logic? Or would it be better to power the motors with an external battery?</p>Ben9 on ROB-09106 - Qik Dual Serial Motor ControllerBen9urn:uuid:46abf44b-bb5e-708c-4955-05a046508db02009-05-11T17:41:45-06:00<p>Someone has created an Arduino library for the qik 2s9v1:<br/>
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/qik2s9v1arduino/" rel="nofollow" >http://code.google.com/p/qik2s9v1arduino/</a></p>cnlwsu on ROB-09106 - Qik Dual Serial Motor Controllercnlwsuurn:uuid:ab4ceed3-33d0-d2aa-f28e-6b0043a4d9eb2009-02-25T08:03:54-07:00<p>Works well and is small. Kinda wish the male header strip was already soldered to save me the trouble. Very compact, I like it.</p>